Robert Haines IN CONVERSATION WITH Brian CarrollHeolgerrig, SOUTH WALES, August 2016Robert Haines YN SGWRSIO GYDAG Brian CarrollHeolgerrig, DE CYMRU, Awst 2016
Hailing from the small mining village of Heolgerrig near Merthyr Tydfil, Robert Haines is an award-winning film-maker and photographer.He is best known for his 1970's project 'Once Upon a Time in Wales' which hid away in a box for 35 years and it's 2014 follow-up 'This Time in Wales' - both recording the close-knit Heolgerrig community where he grew up and still lives to this day.Mae Robert Haines yn hanu o Heolgerrig ger Merthyr. Mae e wedi ennill sawl gwobr fel gwneuthurwr ffilm a ffotograffydd.Fe ddaeth i'r amlwg gyda 'Once Upon a Time in Wales'. Tynnodd y lluniau yn y 70au ac fe fu'r gwaith yn gorwedd mewn bocs am 34 mlynedd. Yr oedd dilyniant i'r gwaith yma 'This Time in Wales' cyfrol sy'n adrodd hanes cymuned Heolgerrig lle cafodd Robert ei fagu a'r lle mae e yn dal i fyw heddiw.
See below for a selection of Robert's work, reproduced here on Ffoton with kind permission of the photographer.Yma ar Ffoton trwy garedigrwydd y ffotograffydd fe welwch gasgliad bychan o'i waith isod.Gallery: 'Once Upon a Time in Wales'
Gallery: 'This Time in Wales' and Landscape
View more of Robert's work on his website www.roberthaines.comFollow him on Twitter @roberthaines and view his trailers of his films on VimeoGallery images © Robert Haines. Used with permission of the photographer. Podcast images © Brian CarrollPlease note: Comments or views made by interview participants are their own and are NOT necessarily the views of the Ffoton Wales team.See our Terms page for more details.Links from this conversation:Creative Camera Magazine (a 'history of' article)University of WestminsterRedhouse Cymru Exhibition 2016 (Wales Online article)Dewi Lewis PublishingRhubarb-Rhubarb (BJP tribute to founder Rhonda Wilson)Dominique Charlet (Agent/Gallery in France)Arles Photography Festival Our RSS Feed
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